soberness

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being sober.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sobriety gravity somberness sombreness graveness temperance control prudence balance severity darkness dignity denial restraint earnest

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Antonyms

inheritance alcoholism intoxication drunkenness frivolity inebriation

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Hypernyms

sincerity earnestness seriousness temporary state serious-mindedness

Examples

Wisdom ... never closes her school of thought but always opens her doors to those who thirst for the sweet water of discourse, and pouring on them an unstinted stream of undiluted doctrine, persuades them to be drunken with the drunkenness which is soberness itself. Philo

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. Latin Proverb

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. Romanian Proverb

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals. English Proverb

Close letter words and terms

soberise soberize soberly sobersided sobersidedness sobersides